2012 Census of State and Local Law Enforcemnet Agencies | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

This grant opportunity, titled the 2012 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (CSLLEA2012), was issued by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) to fund a single organization to serve as the national data collection agent for a comprehensive census of publicly funded law enforcement agencies in the United States. The award is structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically means BJS expects to have an active role in the project through ongoing collaboration, oversight, and coordination rather than simply providing funds and receiving a final report. The core purpose is to build and maintain a complete, up-to-date national roster of state and local law enforcement agencies (a full enumeration rather than a sample) and to carry out the actual data collection associated with the census.

The work supported under the agreement centers on two major tasks. First, the recipient must research, develop, and maintain the national roster of all publicly funded law enforcement agencies. In practice, that means identifying every eligible agency, verifying basic agency information, reconciling duplicates, confirming agency status and contact details, and keeping the frame current enough to support reliable nationwide statistical work. Second, the recipient must conduct data collection for the 2012 census, which generally involves designing and implementing the collection process, contacting agencies, following up to improve response rates, ensuring the information gathered is accurate and consistent, and delivering usable data products back to BJS. Because the roster functions as a complete universe list, the quality of this work directly affects the integrity of many downstream BJS statistical programs.

BJS emphasizes that the information produced through CSLLEA2012 is not just for a standalone publication. The census results and, critically, the roster itself are intended to serve as the sampling framework for other BJS law enforcement statistical initiatives. In other words, future surveys and studies rely on this census to know which agencies exist, how they are categorized, and how to draw representative samples. The data are also positioned to support surveys conducted by other law enforcement organizations and by the broader research community, making the deliverables important infrastructure for justice statistics beyond BJS alone.

The solicitation was issued under the authority of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, Section 302, which is the legal basis BJS cites for conducting and supporting statistical activities of this kind. The opportunity falls under the “Information and Statistics” activity category and is linked to CFDA 16.734, Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies. There was no cost sharing or matching requirement, which means applicants were not required to contribute their own funds to be eligible or competitive.

Funding details indicate BJS expected to make one award, with an award ceiling of $700,000. The opportunity was categorized as discretionary, meaning it was a competitive grant/cooperative agreement rather than a formula allocation. Key dates listed for the solicitation were a posted date of June 1, 2012, with an original and current closing date of July 16, 2012, and an archive date of August 15, 2012, reflecting that the competition is long closed but the record remains as a reference point.

Eligibility was broad but specific. Applicants could include for-profit (commercial) organizations, nonprofit organizations, faith-based and community organizations, institutions of higher education, and consortia. The solicitation also highlights eligibility for entities with demonstrated organizational and community-based experience working with American Indian and Alaska Native communities, explicitly including tribal for-profit and nonprofit organizations, tribal colleges and universities, and tribal consortia. A notable condition applies to for-profit entities: they were required to agree to forgo any profit or management fee under the award, aligning the work with public-interest statistical collection rather than commercial gain.

For applicants or interested parties who needed help accessing the full announcement, the contact listed was Cathy Maston, Management and Program Analyst at BJS, with the provided phone number (202) 307-5992. The listing also referenced an additional information link labeled as a program announcement, indicating there was a fuller solicitation document detailing expectations, deliverables, and application requirements.

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